OSX: Is there a way to make an .app file a screensaver?

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I don't use Macs regularly at all and need port a screensaver from windows to Mac. I've successfully made .app file that runs as expected on OSX.

On windows I can just rename an .exe to .scr and install/run it. Is there a process in OSX to do something similar with my .app file?

BadFeelingAboutThis

Posted 2013-12-05T19:36:15.397

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By the way, technically, a .app is a directory. – SamB – 2014-08-04T17:39:21.190

Please provide more info. What have you done so far "successfully"? To partly answer your question: sometimes OS X will respond desirably to renaming file extensions. Depends on what you're trying to do. Did you make a .app file with automator or Xcode? Documentation on screen savers https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/search/?q=make+a+screen+saver . Also, if you go here in Finder on your computer HDNAME>SYSTEM>LIBRARY>SCREENSAVERS you can see the (three for me) types of screensavers currently used by OS X and their extensions.

– NOTjust -- user4304 – 2013-12-24T04:38:44.550

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Why not use the built-in OS X Screen saver functionality? For example http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/30/make-a-screensaver-out-of-your-own-images-in-mac-os-x/

If you wish to write a screensaver app, this article is a good start: http://cocoadevcentral.com/articles/000088.php

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